Sound Recording, Suffolk
Description
Dick Woolnough, recorded at home in Snape during the 30th and 31st of October [woman and small child - ?daughter and grandson - also present]. Sings 'London Apprentice Boy'; comments/conversation; sings 'Little Irish Shamrock'; sources of his songs; sings 'The Faithful Sailor Boy' [ two attempts]; biographical details, including work at Snape Maltings, Army service and work at sea; the village of Blaxhall; singers and singing; changes in music; early life; family; health; remembering songs; singing in pubs; step dancing; education; mother and his home; being at sea and in the Army; war injury. Further talk of family and extended family; farm work; pony boy at Snape Maltings; anecdotes about working on cargo boats at sea; Army service during World War One; politics; life after the war, work at the Maltings; marriage and children; deafness; the singers at the Ship Inn, Blaxhall; singing at the Golden Key pub, Snape; step dancing; learning songs; talk of Wicketts Richardson and Alfred Richardson. 63 of 79.
Metadata
| Identifier | ghjsr4vv |
| IRN | 414442 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A391r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/ghjsr4vv |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Dunn, Ginette |
| Date | October 1974 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 82' 33". |